Tagged: littlemisssunshine

14
May
2016

FULL OF FLOWERS

It’s been so beautiful here, sunny, warm and blue skies, a bit of a breeze (it is Skåne, after all), birdsong and bee buzz, and still chilly in the evenings so you know you will sleep well. It’s spring in all the best senses of the word. I was going to go take photos of the dandelion hill earlier this week but I was too late and they’ve all blown to seed now. The rapeseed fields are glowing neon yellow and the lilacs…the lilacs are here! Unfortunately, these are not OUR lilacs. These are the lilacs I WANTED. When we...

11
May
2016

POP!

I have rubbed my eyes so much and so hard in the last week that I’m seriously starting to wonder if I could damage my eyes (yes) or have permanent bloodshottiness (probably). I just googled the dangers of rubbing your eyes and scared myself silly. Stupid allergies. I am taking medicine and liberally dousing my eyes with Visine and yet: OH GOD THE ITCHING. IT ITCHES. AAAAAAAA!!!! It’s so bad that there is literally only about an hour or so that I have mascara or make-up on before I arrive at work. By lunch it’s all gone even though I...

23
Apr
2016

SAD IN SPRING

My Uncle Sam died yesterday morning, before my mom could even get on the road. She called me at work and I couldn’t leave right away as I was waiting for Karin, so had to try really hard to stifle myself a bit so that people didn’t get concerned and make it worse by being nice to me. I’m so sad. This is the second time in the space of a year that a close relative has passed away and I can’t get home to be with my family. GAH. It’s sunny and beautiful today, a bite in the air,...

20
Apr
2016

ONE OF THOSE…DAYS-WEEKS-MONTHS

I have a huge pile of mixed emotions right now. I was really happy on Monday after WW because I finally (!) hit -15 kg*. It’s taken forever to get down this last kilo, thanks to Pie Night, Easter, Anthon Berg and my own lack of motivation. One step forward, two steps back, rinse & repeat for way too many weeks. So, it felt really good to have finally hit that milestone on my way down. 🙂 Still a long way to go, but now the sun is out and I am getting moving again. My mom called Sunday and...

27
Feb
2016

BUGGED

The last time I felt this bad, I spent 2 weeks in bed, lost 5 kilos and ended up calling an emergency doctor to come check if I had pneumonia (I did). This is ridiculous. I’ve been sick on and off for THREE weeks. I’ve had every symptom you can attach a flu or cold label to, except vomiting, KNOCK ON WOOD. I managed to be up for an hour and a half today so far…showered, dressed, made the bed, emptied the dishwasher, started the laundry, ate lunch and then had to lay down because I was feeling so weak...

23
Feb
2016

NOT SO GREAT THINGS

It’s been a bad week for healthy eating and portion control. No excuses, just not doing what needs to be done. Back on track mentally at least, though. *sigh* Anders and I watched That Sugar Film last night…how timely was that? Perfect to help with the kick to the backside I needed. I actually went and deleted two Instagram accounts that I’d been following, both of which were only photos of unbelievable desserts. Trying to stop the triggers wherever they are. It also made me re-think some of the purchases we make at the grocery store, especially juice. I stopped...

15
Feb
2016

BOO-YAH

I’m working through my stupid cold. I took my last two Tylenol Night-time tablets and hit the hay at 8 p.m. last night. Hit the hay. Who says that? Who sleeps on a bag of hay anymore? Did you know that used to be literal? Going to bed was hitting the hay, or hitting the sack. Much more colorful than …going to bed. I felt like crap this morning when I got up but I have 2 short weeks now and I have too much to do to just fritter my working hours away, in the hay sack bed. Plus...

14
Feb
2016

COLD

Was going to write about Wonders and Valentine’s but I am sick again, which hardly seems fair since I was JUST sick a week and a half ago, so it’s going to have to wait a day, at least. Ugh. Carry on.

10
Feb
2016

MOSTLY BOOKS

It’s that time of year again: book voting time! I just checked and it was actually all the way back in November 2014 that we lasted voted on a “year’s worth” of books for the AWC book group. And we’re not actually done with those books…we still have two to read and discuss, one in early March and one in mid-April (stupid Satanic Verses, which I didn’t vote for and hated and was really aggravated that it got voted in and guess what, I am hosting that one. And I refuse to read it again. So there). Once again we...

06
Feb
2016

UHNNNNNNHH

Spending my weekend being sick was not in the plans. I stayed home from work yesterday with a sore throat, fever, aches and chills. UGH. And I’ve now depleted my supply of Advil substantially as it is the only thing that made a significant difference to my symptoms. Twice I had chills so bad that I actually thought my neck and back were spasming. I had things to do this weekend and none of them are getting done as I have no stamina and keep having to go lie down for what I think is just a quick rest and...

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